Car.



1 PATBNTED JUNE 2,1808.

E. 1. DODDS.

. GAR. 'APPLIQATION FILED JUNE 77 1907. 6 SHEETS SHEET 4.

U00 um 5' V 1 "part of- 1 .several with t e flooring an u ri ,the car body the end sill, usset plate,

55 beamf1'9, and crossbearers or transoms nTnAN I. nonns ninirrED srragns PATENT onnion.

, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE PULLMAN COMPANY, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION ILLINOIS.

GAR.

To ell-whom itmay concern.

Be it known th "t LETEAN I. Donns, a citi- I Zen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

in the eounty of] Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Cars, of whichthe following is car, and more espelie anchorage for the safety chains, the

mounting and supports for corner stakes 0r posts and'in the arrangement, construction,

and connection of the center and draft sills.

On the accompanying drawings, forming a this specification, I have illustrated forms of cars embodying my various improvements, and on said drawings Figure 1 is a lan'view of a ortion of a ondola car htwa s removed from one longitudinal ial Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the earshown in Fig.1; Fi 3 is a. plan view of a'portion of a car un erframe embodying several features of my invention; Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of a car underframe shown in Fig. 3 with mounted'thereon; Fig. 5 is a vertical sect1ononline 5, 5 of Fi 4'; Fig; 6 is a partialside elevation of a gon ola car simi- 3() lar to that shown in Fig. 2 but having bellied side sills; Fig.7 is-a vertical'section through of the under rameaonan en'largedscale, illustrating the manner of supporting and attach- 3i5 ing ,thevertical corner-post tothe gusset plate and .brace; Fig.- 8 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale; illustratingthe parts shown in Fig.7; Fig. 9 illustrates the manner of attachingthe safety chain anchors to the 40 body bolster; Fig. 10 embodying is an end view of a car my invention and having end "walls hinged so as to drop and lie upon the floorof thecar; Fim, 1'1 is'a view similar to Fig. 1 or a gondo i1;.Fig.:12 is ,,can'having' L n odified'form of corner post;

ten view of a drop end andFig.1; ,is .a verticah cross section of the The car shown in igs. 1 and and diagonal brace embodying my inybe readily .and jensrly Specification of Letters Patent. Application fi1ed'3une7, 1907. Serial No. 377,759.

Patented June 2, 1908.

' Resting u on the body bolsters, needle beams, an cross bearers are longitudinal strin ers 21 to which is secured the flooring 22. iagonal channel braces 23 with their flan es extended downwardly are provided fastened to the bottom flanges of the side sills 16- and-end sill 17, the details of this construction being shown most clearly in Figs. 7 and 8. A gusset plate 24 with an upturned flan e 25 is fastened by means of said flange to the vertical webs of the end and side sills, and riveted to each gusset plate, the rivets also passing, through the diagonal braces, is an angle late 26 whose upstanding flange 27 is rivetec to one leg of an upright angle bar 28 constituting acorner post. By means of a construction of this character I secure an especially firm, and rigid connection for the corner posts Withthe underframe of the car, thesame being located within theside andend Walls of the car body. This car has on each side a lurality of side stakes 29 which lie against t e outer faces of the side sills 16, being riveted thereto at 30. Each of these a hollow outstanding tapered rib 31 extended longitudinally. thereof, the inner portion. of the rib be'in open. at the back side of the plate 30. If desired, these stakes may be "made of sheet metal ressed to shape, but in order to strengthen them at the point where they receive the. greatest strain, I fasten to the inner surface of each, and extending preferably only a portion of its length, a plate 32 which s riveted orotherwise secured to the plate or flangesj of the stake, the plate 32 extending from the bottom of the stake somedistance above the to edge of the side sill, as is clearly shown in l ig. 11. In order to make the inner surface of the stake and p v hasbellied' 'tallic' "side stakes, 5O ccntersillslfi and channel side sillsv H) of pockets 35 secured to-ihc sidcsill'and s milar imiform depth. 3 At each endit is equipped ,poc

the tension plate 32 substantially flush and smooth, the upper portion of the stake is oilset inwardly aifl33, whereby the stake may fastened in place and present a smooth surface against which the planks 34 forming \he side wall of the car I I 'mav lie or rest. In addition to these mei provide the car with hots-'36'securedio thesi de wall which are Iwitlr a channel end sill 17 having its flanges i adapted toiero'iw and accommodate wooden extended outwardly, a,

als: plied fwith a bodyholster 1b, a nee die and the underframe is In Fig. 3 1 have 20. l proved means for stakes of the usual character.

illustrated a ne'wand 1mholdmg the safety chain at tl ie ends of the car, their outer ends being stakes consists of a plate portion 30 havin overcoming bottom marginal'stifi'ening anchor to the end sill, this base of t anchors in'place, this construction being also shown in F 9.; It has been customary and usual to hot or otherwise secure the chain being the sole and only attachment of the nchor' to the car underframe. It has been ound, however, that such a construction'is unsatisfactory forthe reason that the anchor or loop' to which the chain is attached sometimes becomes loosened or tends to pull and distort the end sill.-

Referrin to Fig. 9, it willbe noticed that the he eye or anchor 37 rests against the outer face of the web of the channel end sill 17, a bolt or stem 38 equipped with a nut 39 passing through the end Slll and through'a down-turned earor end 40 of a strap or bar 41, the other end of which lies u on and is riveted to the top of the body bolster 18. To each of these anchors is secured the usual safety chain 42. It will be noted thatthe all on the chain is transmitted to the body Bolster throu h the bar or strap 41,- thereby tIie tendency to bow outwardly and distort the end sill 17. It will be noticed that the car shown in Fig. 4 hasan end 43 hinged at 44 and adapted to be turned vdownwardl inwardlyso as to lie on the car bottom. he corner posts which hold the end of the car in its normal vertical position may be tapered upwardly like those characterized 45 in Fi 10, or may be of uniform width like those c 46 in Fig. 12. In either case, however, I provide each end of the car with an offset or bent strap 47 behind which is adapted to pass a hinged or pivoted locking bar 48 to retain the end Wall in upright normal position.

Referring to my improvements in draft mechanism of thecar, attention isdirected- 4 late 49 of each to the fact that the bellied center sill passes outwar ly' beyond the bolster to the point 50, and has top and and strengthening angle bars 51, 52, 53, and 54, as shown in Fig. 5, each of the outer to bars 51 extending beyond the end of t e'center sill outwardly to the end sill 17, the same being rivetedto the draft sill members or plates 5,5,. each of which has along its bottom edge an integral-marginal flange 56 and at its end a vertical integral flange 57. Each] 55 overlaps the end of its corre-' draft sill spending center-sill plate 49 and is secured thereto by the rivets 58 as well as b the rivets which hold in place the top an bot-- tom marginal angle bars 51, This form (if and unusuall strong because the draft sill is rigidly an firmly attached to theccnter sill and has top and bottom flanges and an end liange which may be riveted to the web of the channel and sill.

Although I have described the details of the structuralfeatures of the'various parts 52, 53, and 54.

aracterized 'tially as draft construction is sim le ceases;

of the cars, it. is to be understood that my invention is notflimited'and restricted to 'such details, but that the-structure may be modified in material respects without -deesubstance and heart' ofmy open side, substantially as described;

2. In a railway car, stake of, substantially U-shape in cross sec-- tion, and a substant'ally flat plate of less length" than said stake fastenedv to the to the flanges of said-member and closing its the combination of, a

flanges thereof and closingthe side 'of the stake for a portion stantially as described; 3. In a railwaycar, stake of substantially U shape 1n cross section, and a substantially flat plate of less of its length, sublength than said stake fastened 'to -the the combination of a flanges thereof and closing the o 11 side of the stake for a portion of its len t the part of the stake not-covered by sai late being offset to bring its surface and that of the plate substantially flush, substantially as described. v

4; In a railway car, the combination of a body bolster, a safety chain, an anchor for said chain, and means connecting 'said anchor to said body bolster, substantially as described. 1 I

5. In a railway car, the combination of a bod bolster, an end sill, a safety chain, an anc or for said chain fastened to said end sill, and means connecting said anchor to said body bolster, substantially 'as descrlbed.

' 6. Ina railway car, the combination of a cornergusset plate, 'an upright comer stake or post, and means to fasten" said stake or post to said gusset plate, substantially as described. 7. In a railway canthe' combination of a side s ll, an end sill, a gusset plate fastened to-said s de and end sills, an upright corner stake or post, and means to fasten said stake or (post to said gusset plate, substanescribed. 8. In a railway car, the combination of a side sill, an end sill, a gusset plate fastened to said side and end sills, an 11 right corner angle stake or post, and an ang e fastened to said stake or post and-to said gusset plate, substantially as described. 9. In a railway car,the combination of a side sill, an end sill, a gusset late fastened to said side and endsills, a diagonal brace fastened to said gusset plate, an upri'ht corner stake or post, and means to f ten said stake or post to said gusset plate and diagonal brace, substantially as de scribed.

10. 1h a railivaycar, the combination of 'a extending"sub staptially. 'fthe; 1111. lengtlr o'f' fside sill, an end sill, a gusset late fastened" said nterand draft-sills, slaifd draft sillto said sidefand end sills, a iagonal brace havirig" afl'integ-ralloweri margirial ,fia'nge, fastened to said side and end sills' and to s'aid and an' angle bar aloflgthe 'lo wer. marginal 15 5 gusset plate, an upright c rner stake or post, edge of said center sill and riveted tlie'reto, fandJ-an angl'erplate 1fasteniigz'jl said stage oi substantially as desc ibed; va "post'toisaidg lssetpate an" iagona race,-'v J .substantially as described. a "ETHAL DODDS" 11'. Ina railway car, the combination of a fkwitnesse's cent'er-sillfa draft sill overlapping said cen- FREDERICK" GOOD V vid,-

] tersilland riveted thereto, a top angle bar WALTER M. "FULLER: 

